Blood Moon Hunters

At Wuhou Temple in Chengdu…

“Fatty, shouldn’t we split up? Why are we all here?” asked Feng Tianming.

“Don’t worry. I’ve been observing it for months. I found the converging spiritual strength coming from all directions, and it’s hard to find their source except for this one. This one has a very clear trail,” Yu Wude said with a smile.

“I see. Then let’s get started now so that we can finish it as soon as we can,” Feng Tianming turned around and said.

Yu Wude nodded and agreed. “Yiyi can stay with me. You two should take a few steps back in case there is any protective gear in the tomb that may hurt you.”

Feng Tianming and Misawa Chihiro stepped back. Yu Wude and Shangguan Yiyi were looking each other in the eyes and nodding.

“Let’s build the array!”

When Yu Wude said that out aloud, he and Shangguan Yiyi split up. Dazzling lights flowed out of their fingers, which they used as brushes to draw patterns on the sky.

The two were doing so at the same speed. Complicated patterns and talismanic words came out one after another, merging into the sky.

The light rays from their fingers were joined together later. Their fingers flipped away the lights and then they saw each other’s faces. Both of them laughed out loud.

As they chanted the spells, the color of the light between their fingers turned red. The great array had been summoned. The golden pattern covered the sky above Wuhou Temple, with talismanic words written all over it.

Among those talismanic words, eight of them held the most important positions. The eight words were the Eight Diagrams, which were written as “Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kan, Gen, and Dui”.

The array was a giant combination of the Eight Diagrams. The eight words were blue, and the whole array shone with golden lights. The lines that crossed in the array were red.

“Oh? A post-celestial Eight Diagram Tactic? Why don’t you build a pre-celestial one?” asked Feng Tianming, who was standing behind the two.

Yu Wude nodded and replied, “The pre-celestial Eight Diagrams had been long missing. I researched it for years but found no way to make any breakthrough.

“That was because the last and most important part was missing. I can’t figure out the missing part by simple deduction. So I gave up on it and turned to the post-celestial Eight Diagrams, which I am proficient in.

“It gives me a better way to investigate. I set the post-celestial Eight Diagrams and its reform part based on the pre-celestial kind. Then I’ll do the calculation on that.”

Feng Tianming finally understood. He nodded and murmured to himself, “I didn’t learn much about pre-celestial Eight Diagrams in Shushan either because almost all the arrays there were based on post-celestial Eight Diagrams.

“But I think those post-celestial ones are just as powerful as those pre-celestial ones.”

Yu Wude didn’t agree. He shook his head. “That’s because we’ve never seen any pre-celestial ones that haven’t missed a part.

“We’ve been misled. The truth is, the pre-celestial Eight Diagrams and the post-celestial ones can be used in different situations. ‘Pre-celestial’ stands for ‘Heaven Stems’, and ‘post-celestial’ stands for ‘Earthly Branches’.

“Sometimes when you failed to calculate with the post-celestial Eight Diagrams, you’ll have to turn to the pre-celestial ones because they were created in the remote ancient times and they are much more powerful.

“The post-celestial Eight Diagrams can be used to foretell and to turn ill luck into good. It can also reveal secrets and help you solve difficult problems.

“The pre-celestial Eight Diagrams, however, have the real power that can change the world. It can change the world climatically and geographically, relocate mountains and seas, and diminish thunder and clouds.”

Those words were like booming bombs. Those who heard it were totally stunned and their minds went wild.

Neither of them knew that the pre-celestial Eight Diagrams could be so powerful. Those who could recover them would be able to change the world.

“That’s… impressive!”

“How powerful can they be?” asked Misawa Chihiro, still feeling confused.

Those explanations were too much for her to process immediately. “Tao begets One, One begets Two, Two begets Three, Three begets all things” was a basic Taoist concept, but she hadn’t understood it until years ago. The Eight Diagrams were way more complicated than that.

Those theories were very mysterious and complicated. Even a genius like Yu Wude, who had dedicated himself to arrays, wouldn’t be able to figure it out.

That meant it was impossible for Chihiro to understood it because she knew nothing about Tao Law. She had barely become a sage, which she achieved because she had done Simultaneous Training with Feng Tianming.

“In the evolution of the pre-celestial Eight Diagrams, the Tai Chi produced the yin and the yang, which produced the Four Symbols, which produced the Eight Diagrams. That implies how the universe took in shape.

“You think the universe has ultimate control of everything? It’s actually under the charge of the Eight Diagrams!”

The secret that Yu Wude told Misawa Chihiro just now made her mouth open wide. She seemed quite curious and exclaimed, “That’s impressive! Impressive!”

“Okay, I’ve finished building the array! Let’s search for some spiritual strength!”

Yu Wude could wait no longer. He cast the spell with Shangguan Yiyi at the same time. They let out their own unique spiritual strength to search for some on the array.

Finally, a faint spiritual strength showed up in front of them. It extended far into the distance. It had to be the spiritual strength left here by Zhuge Liang, who was also known as Prime Minister Zhuge Kongming.

They looked at each other and nodded. Then they managed to chase the faint spiritual strength.

In the imperial capital city, Wang Bugui and Chu He were floating above the Great Wall.

“What do we do now, brother?” Chu He looked around and asked.

“Have you heard from Yueyan and Ning Zhe yet?” Wang Bugui asked slowly.

“They’ve already passed Jiayuguan and are now checking out the place.” Chu He told him what he just heard.

“We can’t just stay here doing nothing. Let’s get started now!” Wang Bugui laughed.

Chu He always trusted Wang Bugui. They split up and covered the place with their sense field. The Great Wall looked so magnificent even at night, like a flying dragon.

“Buzz!”

Their sense field covered the area in no time and they kept searching. They searched all the places including the inside, the outside, and even the earth under the Great Wall.

A while later, both of them took back their spiritual strength, frowning.

“I found nothing.” Chu He shook his head.

“Maybe Fatty made a mistake. We split up with Yueyan and Ning Zhe on our way here. We’ve searched all the Great Walls in Hua Xia, but we found nothing,” said Wang Bugui, touching his jaw.

“I don’t think Fatty was wrong. He has observed for a long time. Maybe that Dragon Qi has been hiding,” Chu He argued.

Wang Bugui pouted and scratched his head. Then he asked, “Then where is it hiding? There’s no way we’ve missed it in our search. I’d be able to find it even it was buried deep under the ground.

“I don’t think it would hide in the sky, either. I’ve searched there and didn’t find any clue. I’ve seen it before, and I can find it as long as I can feel it.”

Chu He thought about it for a while then said, “When was the last time you saw the Dragon Qi? What did it look like?”

Wang Bugui touched his jaw and tried hard to recall. Then he clapped his hands and said, “There it is! I’ve been here sightseeing before the Gathering of Practitioners started.

“I flew into the sky to enjoy the wholesome view of this place, and just then, I felt a faint aura on the ground. It was not abundant at all, but I could tell how powerful it was.

“I collected some of it, which later protected me from being killed by that deadly tribulation. I’ve never seen any of that ever since.”

Chu He knit his brows as soon as he heard what Bugui said. He was so surprised. “The Dragon Qi could be collected. How were you able to feel it back then? You weren’t even a sage in those days.

“There must be a reason. Is it possible that the Dragon Qi reached out to you by itself because you’re the descendant of the Imperial Clan?”

Wang Bugui opened his eyes widely and mumbled, “That makes sense. Maybe I should expose my Imperial Clan martial arts one more time, and we’ll see what will happen.”

He immediately activated the prana power and chanted the spell of the Eight Limits. Then he pressed the aura into the earth beneath his feet.

“Woosh!”

Something indeed happened after a while. A faint aura rose above from inside the earth. It was so faint that Chu He could barely feel it.

The spiritual strength contained in the aura made Chu He quiver. It was so formidable, powerful, magnificent, and majestic!

There was no doubt that it was the Dragon Qi of the Qin dynasty that used to belong to Emperor Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of the Qin dynasty. Chu He felt such strong Qi, as if Qin Shihuang was standing in front of him, which gave him goosebumps.

“Bugui!” Chu He’s forehead was leaking sweat under the pressure given out by Qin Shihuang.

He wanted Chu He to stop, but at the same time, he was afraid that they would miss the chance and find no other. If they failed to find the Dragon Qi, they would no longer be able to reveal any of those mysteries.

“Chu He, don’t be afraid. You’re fearing it out of instinct. You should keep your mind stable. I’ll give you my blood. You go find Yueyan and Ning Zhe and tell them what to do. Now move!”

Wang Bugui telepathed to Chu He and give him a bottle. His powerful royal blood was in it.

“Take care!”

Chu He gritted his teeth and then left Wang Bugui with the bottle in his pocket. He was afraid that he would be subdued by Qin Shihuang’s aura if he kept staying there.